The Washington critic., 1887-12-15
WASHINGTON CRITIC
GENERAL NEWS OF THE DAY.

OENBhtI NGNS VI I'M ''h
Secretary Balfour addressed large
audience at Free Trade Hall, Manches-
Ter, Eng, las, evening. Owing to re-
ports that u plo, had been formed to as
sassinatc him, n strong body of police
guarded the hall and its approaches. On
his appearance the cheering was
drowned by opposition Kisses. a mum
Der of fights occurred, but finally the
malcontcnt element was snbdued. lie
compared Sir George q. Trcvclyan TO
Bunyan's pitiablc, who started with
Christian on the right road, but falling
into the Slough of Dcspond, cursed his
,ampanions and returned to the CITY OF
Destruction. The radical party wheeled
around ut Glalstone's command, think
ing everything wrong now which they
thought right in 1885. They had gone
into the Parncllitc ranks, changing their
policy and morality.
The Crown Princess of Spain was
ycrscrday delivered of n daughter which
lived but two hours. She is in II critical
condition. She is % years of age, the
daughter Of the Comto dc Paris, and was
married May %, 1856.
The French radical and extremist
groups have decided to oppose NJ.
Tirard's provisional budget unless it was
not made Cabinet question. The Right
will intcrpellatc the Government rcla-
tive to the revolutionary plotting in the
Paris Municipal Council during the
Presidential crisis. General Boulangers
letter to NJ Sasini, member, decliningto
al l,tt In, m
in which he says he expects war soon,
and that France needs generals more
than deputies, has been published.
James &. Blaine and Levi p. Morton,
ex-Minister to France, was received by
President Carnot to-day. They were
presented by Minister McLane.
The German Reichstag has fixed the
following duties: Oats, 3 marks; buck
wheat and pulse, 9; barley, 2i malt, A;
maize, .; starch flour, 12l; vcrmicelli
and maccaroni, 13i, and mill products,
l0I marks. The duty on yeast was in
creased to 65 marks. The proposed duty
on rape and rape seed was rejected. a
bill has been prepared increasing the
stringency of the socialist law, making
the penalties expulsion and loss OF cftlr
zcnship. Count Bruchl will take TO the
Pope OH his jubilee an autograph letter
from Emperor William. The Crown
Princes symptoms are alarming. The
tumor has spread with deplorable re-
suits.
vt is an ambitious scheme that some
of the members of the Nineteenth Cen
tury Club of New York city have in
view. lis no less than the founding of
an American salon where the art of con-
versation may he cultivated. For this
purpose special meetings are to be held
during tic winter at the residences of
some of the wealthiest members of the
club. Mr.. Courtlandt Palmer the
founder and president of the club, is
probably the richest socialist in this
country. In theory he is as radical as
Henry George, but in practice he holds
on to the large landed property left him
by his father, and exacts the rentals just
like any other rich man.
In the telephone investigation in New
York city yesterday Frank S. Gardner,
secretary of the New York Board of
Trade, testified that he sent out 800 cir
culars to business men recently, asking
for opinions relative TO the utility and
cost of telephone service. lie had re-
ceivcd 29i replies, and of that number
thirty-one thought the service was good,
seventeen fairly good, sixty-six bad and
faulty. sevcnty-sevcn made no comment
is TO the quality of the service, thirteen
had had telephones, but had given up
the use of them either on account Of bad
service or high rates, and tifty-seyen
persons thought that the rates were toe
high. S~
A writ of ciectment procured by At
torney-Gcneral Stockton of New Jersey
has been served upon the contractor
who is building the Arthur Kill bridge,
ordering him to vacatc the land in the
middle of the Arthur KILL and also o
small section nearer the shore. The
writ Is based on the claim that the prop
erty in question is owned by New Jer
scy, and is being illegally used for pri
vate purposes. This proceeding excitci
much surprise because of the dc
cision of the United States Court thai
Congress had complete jurisdiction
over the Arthur Kill. The writ, which
is made rcturnable on December 81, ha
been served on A. l.. Keasbcy Of New
ark, counsel for Erastus Wiman and TIN
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Mr.
Kcasbcy will take the matter into tn
United States courts as soon rs possible
In the meantime work will continue ol
the bridge.
very busy programme has been lai
out for the conference of Republican
clubs, which begins Mt Chickcring Hall
in New York, to-day. Ex-senator VIM
Window Is expected to act as temporar
chairman and Senator Evarts MS pcrmg
ncnt chairman. Provision has bee
made for about /, 200 delegates, repre-
sentng nearly 200 clubs. New Yor
State takes the lead, with sixty club
and Ohio is next with thirty clubs. Il,
Congressman Lynch of Mississippi hG
been invited To address the convcntio
ON the subject of Southern suffrag
Afternoon and evening sessions will l
held to-day, Friday and saturday. AZ
dresses on the liquor question, the taril
labor and other current topics will |
delivered at the evening sessions.